UK retailer Debenhams enters administration again

Reuters

Published Apr 09, 2020 09:29AM ET

LONDON (Reuters) - British department store group Debenhams, whose 142 UK stores have been shuttered by the coronavirus emergency, has fallen into administration for the second time in a year, it said on Thursday.

The group said it had entered administration to protect its UK business from the threat of legal action that could have pushed it into liquidation.